"angle-shoot" meaning in All languages combined

See angle-shoot on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-angle-shoot.ogg [Australia] Forms: angle-shoots [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} angle-shoot (plural angle-shoots)
  1. (botany) A side shoot that grows from the main stem stem. Categories (topical): Botany
    Sense id: en-angle-shoot-en-noun-Ob4JT1uY Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  2. (slang, poker) Alternative form of angle shot Tags: alt-of, alternative, slang Alternative form of: angle shot Categories (topical): Poker Synonyms: angle shoot
    Sense id: en-angle-shoot-en-noun-hOyZ-SP9 Topics: card-games, poker

Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-angle-shoot.ogg [Australia] Forms: angle-shoots [present, singular, third-person], angle-shooting [participle, present], angle-shot [participle, past], angle-shot [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|angle-shoots|angle-shooting|angle-shot}} angle-shoot (third-person singular simple present angle-shoots, present participle angle-shooting, simple past and past participle angle-shot)
  1. To fire or shoot from an angle.
    Sense id: en-angle-shoot-en-verb-POBGKhjP
  2. (poker, slang) To use a trick that is not explicitly prohibited by the rules, but which is used to gain unfair advantage. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Poker
    Sense id: en-angle-shoot-en-verb-cqJpWXCC Topics: card-games, poker
  3. (slang, by extension) To bend the rules; to behave in a way that is unethical but not illegal. Tags: broadly, slang
    Sense id: en-angle-shoot-en-verb-OsXnHjka Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 12 3 22 49

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